Violin AYLEN PRITCHIN

Russian violinist Aylen Pritchin has, in recent years, firmly established himself as one of the most interesting and versatile rising stars on the international concert stage.

Born in Saint Petersburg, Aylen studied with Pr. Elena Zaitseva in his hometown and with Pr. Eduard Grach at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 2014, Aylen was awarded at the Long-Thibaud International Competition First Prize and he is a former major prize winner at the Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky, Sion-Valais, Kreisler and Oistrakh International Violin Competitions.

His career has led him to perform in Russia and abroad, including Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Switlzerland, Vietnam and Japan; In such prestigious venues as the Vienna Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Stockholm Musikaliska, Salzburg Mozarteum, Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall in Moscow and the Champs-Elysées Theatre in Paris.

Highlights of the 2022/23 season include Aylen’s debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under their Principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev in Edinburgh and Glasgow. He embarks on a tour in Asia with two more debuts: the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Christian Arming and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Yip Wing-sie. Recitals include a performance at the Hong Kong Concert Hall in a Beethoven-Richard Strauss program with pianist Rémi Geniet, as well as at the Tokyo’s Toppan Hall in a Medtner, Janáček, Ravel, Enescu program with pianist Tomoki Kitamura. In August 2023 he will join Maxim Emelyanychev for a performance at the Dubrovnik International Festival.

Aylen equally enjoys playing chamber music with artists such as Maxim Emelyanychev, Lukas Geniusas, Yury Favorin, Alexander Melnikov, Maxim Rysanov, Vladimir Mendelssohn and David Geringas.

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